amorousness

Example Sentences

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What the gods give they possibly conceal, for the average reader will not notice a superfluity of either amorousness or strength in Tony's character.

From Time Magazine Archive

He planned to have park-users sign a pledge, reading: "I will refrain from any action, posture or public display of amorousness that might be offensive to others or could set a bad example to children."

From Time Magazine Archive

Accordingly Lauretta led a dance, while Emilia with passion sang the following song: So fain I am of my own loveliness,     I hope, nor think not e'er   The weight to feel of other amorousness.

From The Decameron, Volume I by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

The life of our wealthy people, with their amorousness and dissatisfaction with their lives, seemed to him full of inexhaustible subject-matter.

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

It has Italian color in spots—Schumann said that, melodically, Chopin sometimes "leans over Germany into Italy"—and is a masterly one in sentiment, pulsating with amorousness.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James